glsa-202004-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202004-04">
  <title>Qt WebEngine: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A heap use-after-free flaw in Qt WebEngine at worst might allow an
    attacker to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">qtwebengine</product>
  <announced>2020-04-01</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-04-01</revised>
  <bug>699328</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-qt/qtwebengine" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.14.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.14.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Library for rendering dynamic web content in Qt5 C++ and QML
      applications.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in the audio component of
      Qt WebEngine.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media
      file in an application linked against Qt WebEngine, possibly resulting in
      execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
      Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Qt WebEngine users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.14.1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13720">CVE-2019-13720</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-04-01T19:59:12Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-04-01T20:04:23Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>